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Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal · No. 628 · Words: John Morison
As Jacob With Travel Was Weary
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A hymn inspired by Jacob's vision of a ladder reaching to heaven (Genesis 28), drawing a parallel to Christ as the ladder of mercy and grace for all believers. It invites all to ascend by faith, following in the steps of prophets and martyrs.
Verse 1
As Jacob with travel was weary one day,
At night on a stone for a pillow he lay;
He saw in a vision a ladder so high
That its foot was on earth and its top in the sky.
Refrain
Alleluia to Jesus who died on the tree,
And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me,
And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me.
Verse 2
Come let us ascend! All may climb it who will;
For the angels of Jacob are guarding it still:
And remember each step that by faith we passo'er,
Some prophet or martyr has trod it before.
Refrain
Alleluia to Jesus who died on the tree,
And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me,
And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me.
Verse 3
And when we arrive at the haven of rest
We shall hear the glad words, "Come up hither, ye blest,
Here are regions of light, here are mansions of bliss."
O who would not climb such a ladder as this?
Refrain
Alleluia to Jesus who died on the tree,
And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me,
And has raised up a ladder of mercy for me.
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